route are double tracked and 6,900 km are paved or gravelled and 165,000 are dirt (31 December 1991) Member of: AsDB, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of Australia) Flag: the flag of Portugal is used *French Polynesia, Geography
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